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From: The Centre for Peace in the Balkans
[mailto:scontact@...]
Na zalost, opet moramo da reagujemo na CBC-jeve programe koji podsticu
mrznju protiv Srba.
Molimo Vas da uradite tri stvari:
1. Pod jedan - Posaljete e-mail na sledece adrese i (po zelji)
kopirajte Centar za Mir na Balkanu u bcc-u da bi znali koliko je ljudi
odreagovalo.
To: info@...; national@...; letters@...;
ombudsman@...
Subject: CBC's discrimination against Serbs
Pismo je vec pripremljeno, mozete ga samo forward-ovati (ili napisati
svoje). Obavezno se "potpisite" i ostavite svoju adresu.
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Re: March 29, 9:00PM: CBC's "The National - Carol Off's documentary "Of
Crimes and Courage"
To Whom It May Concern:
As a Canadian and a taxpayer whose money is supporting your programs, I
must say that I am shocked and outraged at the coverage and perspective
CBC is presenting concerning the recent terrorist attacks in Kosovo.
All recent reports from NATO, KFOR, and UNMIK confirm that Albanian
extremists are attacking and ethnically cleansing Serb minorities in
the region.
Since violence broke out on March 17, 2004 over 4,000 people have been
driven out of their homes by Albanian extremists, and villages of
ethnic minorities have been raided and burned to the ground. In three
days, over 35 ancient Christian churches and monasteries were destroyed
by Albanian mobs in a rage of Islamic fanaticism. It is clear that
ethnic cleansing is being used as a political tool by Albanian
extremists in an attempt to gain independence of Kosovo.
The CBC owes it to their Canadian viewers to portray the truth about
the brutality and ethnic cleansing being committed by Albanian
terrorists. It is very disappointing that the network is not providing
accurate information and is therefore inadvertently supporting
terrorists by showing the aggressors as the victims. I think it is
despicable that, at a time when the minority Serbian population of
Kosovo is being ethnically cleansed from the region, the CBC would air
a clearly biased program depicting Serbs as criminals.
To air a program that demonizes the Serbian people at a time when they
have been subjected to Albanian terrorist attacks is shameful. The
fact that CBC has never aired a program about the Serbian victims (even
though there have been over 500,000 Serbian refugees in the past 8
years) is in itself, a mark of CBC's unfortunate prejudice. How else
can anyone assume CBC's programs are not systematic propaganda
campaigns which target and portray Serbian people in general as
criminals, rapists and murderers. Although over 220,000 Serbian people
have been cleansed from Kosovo and over a thousand killed in the last 5
years alone, CBC is airing programs which portray Serbs as the
aggressors.
Criminal Code of Canada states under
Section 318: Advocating Genocide:
The criminal act of "advocating genocide" is defined as supporting or
arguing for the killing of members of an "identifiable group" - persons
distinguished by their colour, race, religion or ethnic origin.
Section 319(1): Public Incitement of Hatred
The crime of "publicly inciting hatred" has four main elements. To
contravene the Code, a person must:
· communicate statements,
· in a public place,
· incite hatred against an identifiable group,
· in such a way that there will likely be a breach of the peace.
Under section 319, "communicating" includes communicating by telephone,
broadcasting or other audible or visible means; a "public place" is one
to which the public has access by right or invitation, express or
implied; and "statements" means words (spoken, written or recorded),
gestures, and signs or other visible representations.
Unless the CBC does more to portray the actual terrorism occurring in
Kosovo, the true ethnic cleansing of minorities by Albanian extremists,
and the destruction and horror occurring in the region, the viewers can
only assume that CBC's anti-Serbian programs are carefully planned to
publicly incite hatred against the Serbs. By simply reading the
aforementioned four bullet points, one can unfortunately recognize your
programs in the last two of them.
Please advise what the CBC is willing to do in order to demonstrate its
objectivity regarding the current situation in Kosovo, and to show that
the CBC is not discriminating against Serbs, and is not inciting
anti-Serbianism. May I suggest that you start by airing a documentary
about Serbian refugees from Kosovo and/or Croatia, who were forced to
leave their homes and are currently living in Canada with many of the
people who have terrorized their family and friends.
I look forward to receiving a response from you on this matter in the
near future.
Sincerely,
VASE IME
Deutsche Welle, March 30, 2004
Discrimination against ethnic Serbs in Croatia
During the conflict that took place in Croatia in the first half of the
1990s, an estimated 300,000 Serbs were forced to flee their homes, many
heading to temporary accommodation in Serbia or Bosnia. Since then,
Croatian governments have repeatedly promised that Serbs who want to
return to the country will not be discriminated against. The reality,
however, is that many Serbs who come back to their former communities
face policies which clearly favour ethnic Croatians.
<http://www.balkanpeace.org/hed/archive/mar04/hed6336.shtml>
Reuters, March 19, 2004
NATO Sees Specter of Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo
PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro (Reuters) - NATO troops raided
apartment blocks in a flashpoint Kosovo town on Friday after two days
of mass violence the alliance said verged on "ethnic cleansing" of
Serbs by majority Albanians.
"There are not many (ethnic) minorities left in Kosovo -- 220,000 have
fled since 1999. We don't want to see any more go," UNHCR spokesman Ron
Redmond told a news conference in Geneva.
<http://www.balkanpeace.org/hed/archive/mar04/hed6300.shtml>
NATIONAL POST, Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Ethnic cleansing, smuggling rampant under UN's aegis
Isabel Vincent, National Post
Four years after it was "liberated" by a NATO bombing campaign, Kosovo
has deteriorated into a hotbed of organized crime, anti-Serb violence
and al-Qaeda sympathizers, say security officials and Balkan experts
<http://www.balkanpeace.org/rs/archive/dec03/rs232.shtml>
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2. Pod dva - poslati zalbu CRTC-u
Complain to CRTC - http://www.crtc.gc.ca/RapidsCCM/Register.asp?lang=E
Subject: CBC's discrimination against Serbs
Re: March 29, 9:00PM: CBC's "The National - Carol Off's documentary "Of
Crimes and Courage"
Nemojte da vam je tesko da ovo uradite. Svima ce nam biti lakse ako
jednog dana ne budemo morali da gledamo onakve stvari na TV-u.
3. Pod tri proslijedite ovaj e-mail dalje.
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From: The Centre for Peace in the Balkans
[mailto:scontact@...]
Na zalost, opet moramo da reagujemo na CBC-jeve programe koji podsticu
mrznju protiv Srba.
Molimo Vas da uradite tri stvari:
1. Pod jedan - Posaljete e-mail na sledece adrese i (po zelji)
kopirajte Centar za Mir na Balkanu u bcc-u da bi znali koliko je ljudi
odreagovalo.
To: info@...; national@...; letters@...;
ombudsman@...
Subject: CBC's discrimination against Serbs
Pismo je vec pripremljeno, mozete ga samo forward-ovati (ili napisati
svoje). Obavezno se "potpisite" i ostavite svoju adresu.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Re: March 29, 9:00PM: CBC's "The National - Carol Off's documentary "Of
Crimes and Courage"
To Whom It May Concern:
As a Canadian and a taxpayer whose money is supporting your programs, I
must say that I am shocked and outraged at the coverage and perspective
CBC is presenting concerning the recent terrorist attacks in Kosovo.
All recent reports from NATO, KFOR, and UNMIK confirm that Albanian
extremists are attacking and ethnically cleansing Serb minorities in
the region.
Since violence broke out on March 17, 2004 over 4,000 people have been
driven out of their homes by Albanian extremists, and villages of
ethnic minorities have been raided and burned to the ground. In three
days, over 35 ancient Christian churches and monasteries were destroyed
by Albanian mobs in a rage of Islamic fanaticism. It is clear that
ethnic cleansing is being used as a political tool by Albanian
extremists in an attempt to gain independence of Kosovo.
The CBC owes it to their Canadian viewers to portray the truth about
the brutality and ethnic cleansing being committed by Albanian
terrorists. It is very disappointing that the network is not providing
accurate information and is therefore inadvertently supporting
terrorists by showing the aggressors as the victims. I think it is
despicable that, at a time when the minority Serbian population of
Kosovo is being ethnically cleansed from the region, the CBC would air
a clearly biased program depicting Serbs as criminals.
To air a program that demonizes the Serbian people at a time when they
have been subjected to Albanian terrorist attacks is shameful. The
fact that CBC has never aired a program about the Serbian victims (even
though there have been over 500,000 Serbian refugees in the past 8
years) is in itself, a mark of CBC's unfortunate prejudice. How else
can anyone assume CBC's programs are not systematic propaganda
campaigns which target and portray Serbian people in general as
criminals, rapists and murderers. Although over 220,000 Serbian people
have been cleansed from Kosovo and over a thousand killed in the last 5
years alone, CBC is airing programs which portray Serbs as the
aggressors.
Criminal Code of Canada states under
Section 318: Advocating Genocide:
The criminal act of "advocating genocide" is defined as supporting or
arguing for the killing of members of an "identifiable group" - persons
distinguished by their colour, race, religion or ethnic origin.
Section 319(1): Public Incitement of Hatred
The crime of "publicly inciting hatred" has four main elements. To
contravene the Code, a person must:
· communicate statements,
· in a public place,
· incite hatred against an identifiable group,
· in such a way that there will likely be a breach of the peace.
Under section 319, "communicating" includes communicating by telephone,
broadcasting or other audible or visible means; a "public place" is one
to which the public has access by right or invitation, express or
implied; and "statements" means words (spoken, written or recorded),
gestures, and signs or other visible representations.
Unless the CBC does more to portray the actual terrorism occurring in
Kosovo, the true ethnic cleansing of minorities by Albanian extremists,
and the destruction and horror occurring in the region, the viewers can
only assume that CBC's anti-Serbian programs are carefully planned to
publicly incite hatred against the Serbs. By simply reading the
aforementioned four bullet points, one can unfortunately recognize your
programs in the last two of them.
Please advise what the CBC is willing to do in order to demonstrate its
objectivity regarding the current situation in Kosovo, and to show that
the CBC is not discriminating against Serbs, and is not inciting
anti-Serbianism. May I suggest that you start by airing a documentary
about Serbian refugees from Kosovo and/or Croatia, who were forced to
leave their homes and are currently living in Canada with many of the
people who have terrorized their family and friends.
I look forward to receiving a response from you on this matter in the
near future.
Sincerely,
VASE IME
Deutsche Welle, March 30, 2004
Discrimination against ethnic Serbs in Croatia
During the conflict that took place in Croatia in the first half of the
1990s, an estimated 300,000 Serbs were forced to flee their homes, many
heading to temporary accommodation in Serbia or Bosnia. Since then,
Croatian governments have repeatedly promised that Serbs who want to
return to the country will not be discriminated against. The reality,
however, is that many Serbs who come back to their former communities
face policies which clearly favour ethnic Croatians.
<http://www.balkanpeace.org/hed/archive/mar04/hed6336.shtml>
Reuters, March 19, 2004
NATO Sees Specter of Ethnic Cleansing in Kosovo
PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro (Reuters) - NATO troops raided
apartment blocks in a flashpoint Kosovo town on Friday after two days
of mass violence the alliance said verged on "ethnic cleansing" of
Serbs by majority Albanians.
"There are not many (ethnic) minorities left in Kosovo -- 220,000 have
fled since 1999. We don't want to see any more go," UNHCR spokesman Ron
Redmond told a news conference in Geneva.
<http://www.balkanpeace.org/hed/archive/mar04/hed6300.shtml>
NATIONAL POST, Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Ethnic cleansing, smuggling rampant under UN's aegis
Isabel Vincent, National Post
Four years after it was "liberated" by a NATO bombing campaign, Kosovo
has deteriorated into a hotbed of organized crime, anti-Serb violence
and al-Qaeda sympathizers, say security officials and Balkan experts
<http://www.balkanpeace.org/rs/archive/dec03/rs232.shtml>
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2. Pod dva - poslati zalbu CRTC-u
Complain to CRTC - http://www.crtc.gc.ca/RapidsCCM/Register.asp?lang=E
Subject: CBC's discrimination against Serbs
Re: March 29, 9:00PM: CBC's "The National - Carol Off's documentary "Of
Crimes and Courage"
Nemojte da vam je tesko da ovo uradite. Svima ce nam biti lakse ako
jednog dana ne budemo morali da gledamo onakve stvari na TV-u.
3. Pod tri proslijedite ovaj e-mail dalje.
[Sono state eliminare la parti non di testo del messaggio]